Record

Performance TitleDaily Mirror National Table Tennis Tournament Finals - International Invitation Championship
Performance Date27 April 1955
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersBarbara Wall (West Bromwich),
Rhoda Robbins (Ealing),
Joyce Keating-Payne (Hinckley),
Ivy Haney (Burnley),
Ernest McLeish (Leytonstone),
Patrick Tindale (Gateshead),
Dorothy Worrall (West Bromwich),
Winifred Swift (Wigan),
Christina Craigen (Edinburgh),
Joyce Fielder (Eltham),
Michael Maclaren (Wallington),
George Carrigill (Dewsbury),
Arthur Jones (Newport),
Gordon Fraser (Edinburgh),
Fukie Eguchi (Japan),
Yoshiko Tanaka (Japan),
Rosalind Rowe,
Toshiaki Tanaka (Japan),
Johnny Leach,
Fukie Eguchi,
Kiiko Watanabe (Japan),
Diane Rowe,
Rosalind Rowe,
Ichiro Ogimura,
Richard Bergmann - table tennis players
Secondary PerformersVictor Barna,
Jack Nener - prize givers,
C.Mayne,
F H Bateman,
W J Kemp,
S R Dane,
W H Mildenhall,
D P Lowen,
S R Hoddy,
E B Davies,
E T D Offer - umpires
Set ListBarbara Wall (West Bromwich) v Rhoda Robbins (Ealing),
Joyce Keating-Payne (Hinckley) v Ivy Haney (Burnley),
Ernest McLeish (Leytonstone) v Patrick Tindale (Gateshead),
Dorothy Worrall (West Bromwich) v Winifred Swift (Wigan),
Christina Craigen (Edinburgh) v Joyce Fielder (Eltham),
Michael Maclaren (Wallington) v George Carrigill (Dewsbury),
Arthur Jones (Newport) v Gordon Fraser (Edinburgh),
Fukie Eguchi (Japan) v Diane Rowe,
Yoshiko Tanaka (Japan) v Rosalind Rowe,
Toshiaki Tanaka (Japan) v Johnny Leach,
Fukie Eguchi and Kiiko Watanabe (Japan),
Diane Rowe and Rosalind Rowe,
Ichiro Ogimura and Richard Bergmann
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast by BBC television from 20:15-20:45.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1955/62)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1955/62Daily Mirror National Table Tennis Tournament Finals27 April 1955
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ikafukar_BuhDaily Mirror National Table Tennis Tournament Finals - International Invitation Championship1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1119Daily Mirror; 1903-; British tabloid newspaper
DS/UK/9775Leach; Johnny (1923-); British table tennis player
DS/UK/9902Bergmann; Richard (1919-1970); Austrian-born British table tennis player
DS/UK/6847Barna; Viktor Gyozo (24 August 1911-27 February 1972); Hungarian table tennis player
DS/UK/9900Nener; Jack (fl 1950s-1960s); British newspaper editor
DS/UK/18989Rowe; Diane Scholer- (14 April 1933-19 June 2023); English West German table tennis player
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